"Syndrome Of The End Approaching" is an album released on vinyl only. So when I say "album,"I can really mean it! This album is replete withcatchy anthems, razor guitars, expert drum work, and vocals with an old school ferocity. The first comparison that comes to my mind is Xasthur, as "A.I.D.S." like Xasthuris a one-man black metal tour de forc...

26/02/2009

Compilations can be a great way to discover new bands... or they can be a really bad source of forgettable tunes. This is the latter. When a band does the screaming verse/soft chorus I am immediately turned off and think that someone in the studio wants to show the world that the group is capable of radio success... It's tired, boring, uninspired p...

26/02/2009

Hello, it's the evil motherfuckers from Desaster (Germany). Blackening the earth since 1998 this is their new release called Angelwhore. As you can see this is definitely not a commercial release. This disk contains the haunting thrashing blackmetal you can expect from a band like this. Mostly old-school riffs in between mid and up tempo varying fr...

26/02/2009

Drain Of Impurity is a side project from Batu of Turkish Cenotaph. If you are familiar with Cenotaph you know what to expect. Ultra sick death grind with no respect for your existence. 7 Songs that totally erase your respect for humanity. If you are into the sick and twisted than contact Batu to get this piece of torture slaughter! No more words ne...

26/02/2009

Spawned in the winter of 2001 these brutal French death metal band has now risen with this MCD. 4 Tracks of unrelenting death metal. Deep growling vocals, bass drum attacks and furious but yet melodic guitarriffing. Almost 20 minutes of devastation. Tempo is high but with slamming mid tempo breaks. Very nice MCD and curious what they are doing now...

26/02/2009

Haemorrhage is a pathological grind band from Spain and they released a lot of stuff. Think of singles, splits, EPs and albums and it is almost impossible to have them all in your collection but now you can come close. Power It Up Records released "Haematology" which contains their singles from 1995 till 2005. So on this collection you find 34 song...

26/02/2009

This is the first time I hear a band from Algeria. And it surprises me. Litham plays metal with a combination of Algerian music. The metal is technical, brutal and various and the traditional music gives it a pleasant touch. The technical skills are good which proves in the songwriting and great guitarparts. The band takes a risk in their country s...

26/02/2009

Another split release of No Escape Records. This time Meatyard from New Zealand and Maggots from Holland. Meatyard kicks off with 6 tracks on their first official release in their 10 years of existence. Is this negative or positive? Both. They play old school gore deathgrind in a very nice way but it is nothing new. The songs are oke but they miss...

26/02/2009

Awesome tight as hell percussion, and intelligent use of the whole drum kit, vox that are a storm of gastro-intestinal malaise and heavy riffage, all the better to bludgeon your nervous system with. Parricide are a fine example of brutal death-grind at its brutal finest. There is a lot going on in every track to keep you from getting bored upon rep...

26/02/2009

So how many of you have actually aware of the fact that hardrock started around 1970? Not many I guess. And I even know you don't know bands from that era. So if you wanna impress your grandparents tell them you have the album of Rag I Ryggen. It would impress them! This album is a re-release from their only album in 1975. An album filled with groo...

26/02/2009

Debut MCD from this Dutch hardcore band. All the hardcore ingredients are there: shouter, hard drumming and heavy riffing. But why no surprising guitarleads? So why are you using that BC Rich Warlock then? The tempo of the songs are mainly uptempo but have parts that hits the fuel pedal, sing along part and some mosh parts. The thing I miss on this...

26/02/2009

The Italian band Stigma has released a mid-length CD called WHEN MIDNIGHT STRIKES! On Pivotal Recordings and shows itself to be a metal band playing off themes of horror shows all around. “Walpurghis Night” opens the CD, followed by “I am Dracula” and “Silver Bullets and Burning Crosses.” There is something in the smoothness of this band’s style th...

26/02/2009

X-Piral from Greece comes here with their second release "Hunters" on the label Burning Star. Their debut "Poison Eyes" was recorded on their original name Shadow Play but there was already a band with that name. So the bandname was changed into X-Piral and so on this album you here 11 tracks in a blend of power and heavy metal and enriched by keyb...

26/02/2009

Armory comes from USA and it was formed back in 2004. Since then they have released only one demo CD, so this one is their debut album, unfortunatelly for them, an independent release. Unfortunate because this album is really good, it presents us a well curdled band, high-skilled misicians with interesting ideas, and what's more important, a wonder...

26/02/2009

Beyond the flesh attack us with this CD. Powerfull death/thrash with harmonic and melodic guitarriffs both striking and subtle. Energetic tempoattacks performed by dynamic drumming and thrashing and technical riffing. Songs have some resting points and leave room for quite some nice soloing and are finished by aggressive screaming vocals. Productio...

26/02/2009